Gutter cleaning & roof maintenance · Nanaimo
Gutters cleared, and your roof checked while we’re up there.
A gutter clean by a roofing company, with photos of anything on the roof worth knowing about.
Now booking. Tell us about your roof and we’ll email you a time.
Nanaimo, Lantzville, Cedar and the surrounding area.
What Nanaimo does to a gutter
Most gutter cleaning is done by people who clean gutters. We are a roofing company, so when we are on your roof we can tell you what we are looking at — a lifted flashing, a failed washer, moss taking hold on the north slope — and show you a photo of it.
Roughly 1,165 mm of rain a year, most of it between October and March, and a lot of it landing on lots with conifers over them. Fir and cedar debris is the particular problem here: it is fine, it is constant, and it packs down into a mat that holds water rather than letting it through.
The result is a gutter that looks clear from the ground and is actually holding a wet sponge along its length. That weight pulls on the fascia, the overflow runs down the wall instead of away from it, and the outlet blocks at the top of the downpipe where you cannot see it.
What the job includes
Gutters cleared by hand
Debris taken out rather than blown around the yard, and bagged. Blowing a packed gutter out just moves the problem onto the roof and the garden.
Downpipes and outlets flushed
The outlet at the top of the downpipe is where the blockage usually sits. Clearing the trough and leaving the outlet packed achieves nothing.
A photo check of the roof
While we are up there we look at the flashings, penetrations, fasteners and the state of the surface, and send you photos of anything worth knowing about.
Why a roofer rather than a gutter cleaner
A gutter clean puts someone on your roof twice a year. That is the cheapest roof inspection you will ever get, and it is wasted if the person up there does not know what they are looking at.
If the roof is fine, you get the photos and a clean bill of health, and we book you in for the next one.
Spring and autumn, as a plan
On a treed Nanaimo lot, twice a year is the realistic rhythm: once in spring after the winter debris and the seed drop, and once in late autumn when the conifers and any deciduous trees have finished.
We can set that up as a standing arrangement so it happens without you thinking about it, with the photo check each time. Ask when you get in touch and we will email you the details rather than signing you up to anything on the spot.
Roof cleaning is a separate question
People often mean two different things by roof cleaning: clearing the gutters, and dealing with moss on the roof surface. They are different jobs with different methods, and we would rather be clear about which one your roof needs.
If there is established moss, that is its own piece of work and it is worth reading about before booking anything.
Gutter cleaning questions.
Tell us about your project and we’ll email you to book.
Send the address, roughly how many storeys, and whether there are trees over the roof.
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